Accenture reviews

Accenture did used to be truly human, people felt valued, people were recognized for a job well done, and people had the freedom to be creative to do the right thing. Since Julie Sweet this has become harder and harder as the biggest driving factor is not client or people its reducing cost and driving revenue, and only keeping shareholders happy! (and not forgetting the senior leader promotions and big bonuses, most people have not had a pay rise in 3 - 4 years and promotions are by exception only). This has all become the goal at all costs, and people are simply burning out or leaving. The recent HR transformation has been ill thought through at an operational level, senior leaders are afraid to get their hands dirty and dont seem to respond to the state of their teams, they are not brave enough to say we have made a mistake and this is not working in the way we thought. The ambition to revolutionize our organization is breaking it, and this is something they sell to our clients! Right now i would avoid at all cost. There is little to no work life balance, a management team so far removed from the business its steering a ship they dont know how to drive.

Accenture talk a big talk about being pioneering and efficient, but their confusing and counterintuitive "processes" create more admin than the job itself, hindering staff and frustrating clients to no end. They have no idea what it takes to run an actual advertising agency, and as a consequence all of the agencies they have bought have suffered a slow and painful death. They cannot keep hold of talent to save their life, losing incredible people and letting the accounts they are still clinging onto suffer in the thick of it. Zero transparency when it comes to pay. Unfair pay across agencies that they buy compared to "new talent" that come in through graduate schemes – which doesn't line up to the red-brick uni attending group they say they're after. Management receive bonus' in the thousands multiple times a year, whilst the hardworking lower levels trundle on with pay that isn't reflective of actual living standards, nor that has been adjusted in line with the graduates they hire or against impressive job performance. Wishy washy communication from management leaves you in the dark 90% of the time. This company is all bark and no bite. My only regret is that I didn't leave sooner.